Wall cabinet and support therefor



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Application March 31, 1949, Serial No. 84,655

2 Claims. I

This invention relates to new and useful improvements. in cabinets, and more particularly to acabinet of the type that is supported on the floor and adapted to abut the wall of a structure, the primary object of the invention being to provide acabinet of the type mentioned with means for positioning the cabinet with respect to the wall and simultaneously detachably securing the cabinet to'the wall.

A further object of the invention resides in providing means applicable to the baseboard of a wall. and adapted for detachable connection with portions of the cabinet to support thelatter in position against casual-tilting or displacement.

Still another object resides providing a cabinet supporting means which when applied to the baseboard of a wall structurewillserve as a positloning device for the cabinet.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a cabinet supporting means which will enable a cabinet to be made and used, the door portion of which may have material depth for use in supporting articles as well as the body portion thereof.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a device of the character mentioned which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient in use.

With these and numerous other objects in view,

our invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will. be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.v

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with parts broken away and parts in section, of a cabinet with'a door of material depth in open position and showing the relationship, between the bracket or support and the lower portion or base of the cabinet;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section therethrough, as seen on the line 2-2 of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section through the device, as seen on the line 3--3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the cabinet with the door in closed position and illustrating the wall bracket supported on the baseboard of the Wall and having portions fitted into the channels of the base of the cabinet;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 with the cabinet spaced from the wall and about to be on the baseboard;

Figure '7 is a perspective View of the bracket or support removed; andv Figure 8 is a transverse section, as seen on the line3--8 of Figure 7.

It is a well known fact that cabinets which are in use today for holding clothes, supplies or other materials and which are to be supported on the floor against the Wall are usually provided with doors of shallow depth and which may not. be used for supporting of any materials. The

reason therefor primarily is that weight applied to such doors would have the tendency to tilt or upset the same. If any means were provided for permanently securing the cabinet to the wall to overcome the possible tilting or upsetting of the cabinet, it would then not be possible to readily remove the cabinet for cleaning purposes. As a result of this situation, doors on such cabinets have no utilitarian purpose, other than that of acting as a covering or closure for the cabinet. Our invention contemplates the provision of means for detachably positioning and supporting a cabinet to the wall which will. enable the cabinet to be provided with doors of. material depth, so that said doors may have the. useful purpose of supporting articles thereon or therein.

In describing the invention, reference will be made to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which the numeral l designates a cabinet formed of metal, wood, plastic, or any other desired material, although metal is preferred, the same being provided with a hinged door 2 which, as shown, has material depth so that shelves 3 may be mounted therein to correspond with similar shelving 4 mounted in the body of the cabinet I. It is to be understood, of course, that shelving of any particular character orstructure may be used in either the body or door of this cabinet and, in fact, shelving. may be omitted and hangers for clothing substituted, the idea principally being to provide a cabinet the door of which may be utilized for supporting purposes as Well as the body.

The body of the cabinet I is provided with a base member 5 which rests on the floor of a structure. This base member has its side walls formed with channels 6, open at the rear ends ings.

thereof, as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the draw- These channels afiord means whereby en gagement may be had with wall supporting means to be hereinafter and more particularly described.

In the drawings, we have designated the fioor of a structure by the numeral I and the wall of such structure is designated by the numeral 8, the latter being provided, as usual, with the baseboard 9. We contemplate attachment to the baseboard of means for detachable engagement with the base of the cabinet to support the latter against casual displacement, tilting, over-turning, and the like. To this end, there is provided a bracket I the ends of which are out-turned or bent to form the side arms II. The distance between the side arms H is the distance between the channels 6 on the base of the cabinet and said channels are adapted to receive these side arms..

The bracket is adapted to be secured to the baseboard by means of screws l2 and in order to fix the height at which the bracket is secured to the baseboard above the on this bracket the arcuate fingers 13. These fingers obviously fit over the lower curved portion of the conventional baseboard and are adapted to contact the floor, as best shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings. Thus, these fingers act as a guide for the positioning of the bracket or support on the baseboard. Once positioned, it is a simple matter for the cabinet to be positioned with respect to the wall of the structure, since the channels of the base of the cabinet are moved into alignment with the outstanding side arms H of the bracket and the cabinet moved toward the Wall so that said arms enter the channels 6, as best shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings. Once the bracket is positioned in place, the positioning of the cabinet is likewise fixed with respect to the wall.

It is apparent that when the cabinet is moved into engagement with the bracket, as shown in Figure 4, said cabinet will be detachably supported in position with respect to the wall so that it may not be readily tilted, moved, upset, or otherwisedisplaced by weight on an opened door, or otherwise. The user of this cabinet may readily withdraw the same from its supporting bracket for cleansing purposes and will find no difficulty in replacing the cabinet to its support,

since the positioning of the cabinet in place is fixed by the positioning of the bracket on the baseboard.

It is to be understood, of course, that while we have shown a cabinet of which this support is adapted to be detachably engaged, any type of cabinet may be used and provided with channels at the base portion thereof for engagement with said bracket. We do not wish to be limited to any particular type of cabinet, since the invention is applicable to cabinets of various shapes, sizes and construction.

From the foregoing description of the construction of the invention, the method and application of the same to use will be readily understood and it will be seen that we have provided a comparatively simple, inexpensive and efiicient means for carrying out the various objects of the invention.

floor, there are provided While we have described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it s apparent that various changes in form, proport on and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the detachably in the channels of said base through the level of the base portion of the cabinet and having forwardly projecting arms spaced a particular type to the openrear ends thereof to support the cabinet against the wall structure, and tongues extending downwardly from said bracket and of a length adapting them to rest upon a floor and dispose the arms in position for fitting into the channels.

2. In combination, a cabinet open at its front, a base portion for said cabinet open at its rear and having a front wall and side walls, the side walls being formed with tubular channels extending transversely of the side walls and open at their rear ends, a door hinged to said cabinet along one side of the open front thereof and movable outwardly to an open position, said door being provided with article-supporting means across its inner surface, and a bracket adapted to be secured horizontally against a wall of a room from each other and freely slidable into and out of said channels through the rear ends thereof and when disposed within the channels serving to prevent the cabinet from being overturned forwardly by the weight of the door and articles carried by the door when the door is in its opened position.

PHILIP L. DU BOFF.

THOMAS H. DOOLEY.

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